diff --git a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
index 166851b0..55b002f6 100644
--- a/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
+++ b/docs/running-headscale-linux.md
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ mkdir -p /etc/headscale
 
 # Directory for Database, and other variable data (like certificates)
 mkdir -p /var/lib/headscale
+# or if you create a headscale user:
+useradd -md /var/lib/headscale/ -rUs /usr/bin/nologin headscale
 ```
 
 4. Create an empty SQLite database: